A34—Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, January 14,1984
Black sheep is market lamb cham
BY KIMBERLY HERR
FARM SHOW - Contrary to
popular belief, having a black
sheep in the family can be good
news, especially if it is a grand
champion junior market lamb.
This year’s junior grand
champion market lamb at the
Farm Show belonged to Sue
Falvey, Bedford. It was a black
102-pound Dorset-Suffolk-Rambo
uillet cross, named “Ronnie.” It
also took champion in the mid
dleweight class.
A tearful Miss Falvey explained
that she and her family raise about
60 head of sheep on their Bedford
County farm. They raise South
downs, Suffolks and Merinos. The
winning black sheep was pur
chased from Ronnie Miller, also of
Bedford County.
The 16-year-old exhibitor is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James R.
Falvey. She is a member of the 4-H
Sheep Club of her area.
This was her second year at the
Farm Show, but her first year as a
grand champion. What was her
secret for this year’s success?
“A lot of people helped me with
my sheep,” Miss Falvey said,
smiling through her tears.
The reserve grand champion
honors went to Nancy MacCauley,
Atglen Rl. Miss MacCauley’s
winner was her FFA project. It
was also the light heavyweight
champion.
Kennedy sweeps
BY IRISH WILLIAMS
FARM SHOW A Hampshire-
Duroc barrow exhibited by Juanita
Kennedy of Washington County
won the grand champion in junior
market swine competition,
Thursday at the Farm Show. Her
barrow was also champion in the
heavyweight division
•I didn’t even want to come to
the Farm Show last week, because
I didn’t think my pig was that
good,” Miss Kennedy remarked
after winning.
The homebred hog weighed in at
a hefty 236 pounds, and is one of a
litter of ten.
Miss Kennedy attends Avella
High School where she is a junior
and a member of the Avella FFA
chapter. She is the daughter of Mr
and Mrs John D. Kennedy. She
has been showing swine for five
years, this is her second year of
competition at the Farm Show.
Tim Brown of Pleasant Valley
Farms, Conneautville, won the
junior market swine reserve
champion for his purebred Duroc
barrow entry, after being awarded
Champion Showman of the junior market swine show went
to Greta Lehman, Juniata County, who demonstrates here
some of the winning form she exhibited to judge Laverne
Weller.
Winning reserve grand champion market lamb and light
heavyweight honors was Nancy MacCauley, Chester County.
Reserve light heavyweight honors went to Alicia
Strausbaugh, York County.
Miss MacCa'iW is the 16-year
old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
William MacCauley, Chester
County. Her brother, William, and
her sister, Donna, were also
winners in the Farm Show sheep
rings.
Miss MacCauley has been
showing sheep at the Farm Show
for about eight years. Last year,
she had the champion mid
dleweight market lamb, but this
was the first year she won reserve
grand honors.
Class champions were; Tina
Niebauer, Cambria County,
jr. market swine
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Go for it! That's the winning spirit that Tim Rohaley and
other junior exhibitors proudly displayed at the Farm Show.
Tim, of Washington, won the reserve champion lightweight
junior market hog.
champion lightweight, with Jason
Kutz, Cumberland County, win
ning reserve. The reserve mid
dleweight champion was Kerry
Morrison, Centre County. Winning
reserve champion in the light
heavyweight category was Alicia
Strausbaugh, York County.
Julie Kuzemchak, Centre
County, took the heavyweight
champion honors, with Bill
MacCauley, Chester County,
winning reserve honors.
Judge for the show was Gary
Ricketts, sheep Extension
specialist at University of Illinois
the reserve champion in the
heavyweight division.
Brown’s barrow weighted 238,
and was described by Judge
Laverne Weller, as having the
desired width in the front and rear,
being thick throughout with good
length and depth
Brown is 15 years old and a
member of the Conneaut Township
4-HClub
In the light heavyweight
division, a Chestei White-Duroc
barrow exhibited by Gus Farlett
was named the champion
Farlett is the 16-year-old son ot
Mr and Mrs Jim Farlett, Twin
Maples Farm, Airville, York
County, The Farletts raise 400 hogs
on the farrow to finish farm
The Farletts also exhibited the
champion and reserve champion
Chester White bred gilts, and the
i eserve champion Spotted swine
Keith Harbold, Dillsburg,
exhibited his 220 pound Yorkshire-
Landrace hog to win the champion
of the middle weight division This
was Harbold s first year of com
petition at the k arm Show
J'he 16-year-old sophmore is a
membei ot the Clifford Finchot
kk A Harbold said he plans to buy
more pigs with the money from the
sale of his prize winning hog
Sue Falvey, Bedford R 4, was the proud owner of the grand
champion junior market lamb Wednesday at the Farm Show.
The winning lamb was a black Dorset-Suffolk-Rambouillet
cross named "Ronnie.”
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brother Clifford’s champion lightweight junior market hog.
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Gus Parletl. .ow to capture the light
heavyweight champion junior market swine.
Uittoid Horning, of Denver, ford s brother Nelson. The
Lancaster County won the brothers live on Stone Hill Farm
champion junior market swine in where they raise 20 hogs
the light weight division The 208
pound hog was exhibited by Chf-
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